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Should I ship a Time Manipulation Turn-Based Strategy?
Turn-Based Strategy + Time Manipulation
Only 9 developers shipped a Time Manipulation Turn-Based Strategy in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Reptilian Rising, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced, ×5.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $150 against a market of $630. 22 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 5% | $6.3k (exactly $6,298) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue too few recent games to read momentum, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based Strategy
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Time Manipulation
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Turn-Based Strategy, Time Manipulation
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 14,604 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 22 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based Strategy with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
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- + Top-Down ShooterFair
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Comparable games
Phantom Brigade 2023 · $4.0M 
5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel 2020 · $2.9M 
Cris Tales 2021 · $470k 
No Plan B 2024 · $342k 
Iron Danger 2020 · $326k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Phantom Brigade | older | $29.99 | 4,412 81% | 132k | $4.0M (exactly $3,969,476) | Brace Yourself Games |
| | 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel | older | $11.99 | 8,097 96% | 243k | $2.9M (exactly $2,912,491) | Conor Petersen, Thunkspace, LLC |
| | Cris Tales | older | $39.99 | 392 66% | 12k | $470k (exactly $470,282) | Dreams Uncorporated, SYCK |
| | No Plan B | older | $14.99 | 761 86% | 23k | $342k (exactly $342,222) | GFX47 |
| | Iron Danger | older | $19.99 | 544 73% | 16k | $326k (exactly $326,237) | Action Squad Studios |
 | Mobiles Tycoon | older | $5.99 | 177 83% | 5.3k | $32k (exactly $31,807) | Insignis Games |
 | Red Ronin | older | $7.99 | 119 87% | 3.6k | $29k (exactly $28,524) | Wired Dreams Studio |
 | Meet me at NooN | older | $9.99 | 55 100% | 1.7k | $16k (exactly $16,484) | Pandaroo Interactive |
 | Oakenfold | older | $19.99 | 24 70% | 720 | $14k (exactly $14,393) | Rutger van Dijk |
 | 12 Labours of Hercules XII: Timeless Adventure | older | $11.99 | 23 91% | 690 | $8.3k (exactly $8,273) | Zoom Out Games, Jetdogs Studios |
 | Reptilian Rising | $29.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $6.3k (exactly $6,298) | Gregarious Games, Robot Circus, Hyper L… (Gregarious Games, Robot Circus, Hyper Luminal Games) | |
 | NUSNUR | $4.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | Team PARAFOX | |
 | LHEA and the Word Spirit | $9.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Soul Fuel Games | |
 | BOT.vinnik Chess: Legendary Queens | $1.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $896 (exactly $896) | Deep Green Games | |
 | THE BEST INVESTOR | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | THE FRENCH GRINDER | |
 | After He Was Gone | $10.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Nono | |
 | A Simple Square | $4.79 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Antharuu | |
 | Time Riggers | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | CocoMimi Games | |
 | Sudoku online with friends | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Ilya Cherkasov |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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